Bergmann, Aernout (Nout)

Date of birth:: March 7th, 1919 (Nieuwer-Amstel, The Netherlands)
Date of death:: March 24th, 1943 (IJsselmeer on board a Handley Page aircraft)
Buried on:: Dutch War Graves New Eastern Cemetery Amsterdam
Plot: 69. Row: C. Grave: 9.
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

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Kruis van Verdienste (KV)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Dienstplichtig Sergeant (Enlisted Sergeant)
Awarded on:: February 23rd, 1943

Recommendation:
For having tactfully prepared and executed a plan to escape from occupied Holland, having reached England after having overcome numerous hardships.

Royal Decree no. 11

Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Dienstplichtig Sergeant (Enlisted Sergeant)
Unit:: Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6), Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), War Office, British Government
Awarded on:: August 30th, 1948

Recommendation:
For having distinguished himself in combat against the enemy by enthusiastically putting himself at the disposal of the Dutch cause for the dangerous mission of opening courier routes via Belgium and France to Spain after having been dropped over occupied Holland. On March 24, 1943, however, he lost his life when the aircraft taking him to occupied Holland, was shot down over the Ijsselmeer by an enemy fighter.

Awarded Posthumously. Royal Decree no. 8.

Sources

Photo 1: Arjo Eijgelsheim
- ERIK MÜLLER, Het Bronzen Kruis, Studiekring Ridderorden en Onderscheidingen.
- Oorlogsgravenstichting
- http://onderscheidingen.nl/
- Dutch Agents 1940-1945